To order the main question on a house resolution providing that the committee on ways and means is hereby instructed at the earliest possible moment practicable

On Jun 6, 1870, the House voted 107–76. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 71–60, Democrats 35–14, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 107
No: 76
Did not vote: 72
Date: Jun 6, 1870

By party

Republicans71 yes · 60 no · 47 didn’t vote
Democrats35 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Logan Holt Roots R-AR voted no
Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers D-AR voted no
Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA voted no
Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY voted no
Joseph Horace Lewis D-KY voted no
John McConnell Rice D-KY voted no
Lionel Allen Sheldon R-LA voted no
Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA voted no
Patrick Hamill D-MD voted no
Frederick Stone D-MD voted no
Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI voted no
Austin Blair R-MI voted no
Randolph Strickland R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted no
Joseph Lewis Morphis R-MS voted no
Henry W. Barry R-MS voted no
George Colin Mckee R-MS voted no
Legrand Winfield Perce R-MS voted no
Jacob Benton R-NH voted no
William Moore R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY voted no
Stephen Sanford R-NY voted no
Charles Knapp R-NY voted no
Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted no
Porter Sheldon R-NY voted no
Peter Wilson Strader D-OH voted no
Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH voted no
John Armstrong Smith R-OH voted no
John Thomas Wilson R-OH voted no
Martin Welker R-OH voted no
Eliakim Hastings Moore R-OH voted no
John Armor Bingham R-OH voted no
Jacob A. Ambler R-OH voted no
William Hanford Upson R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
Leonard Myers R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA voted no
John Dodson Stiles D-PA voted no
Washington Townsend R-PA voted no
James Lawrence Getz D-PA voted no
Oliver James Dickey R-PA voted no
Henry Lutz Cake R-PA voted no
George Washington Woodward D-PA voted no
Ulysses Mercur R-PA voted no
John Black Packer R-PA voted no
Richard Jacobs Haldeman D-PA voted no
John Cessna R-PA voted no
Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA voted no
William Hepburn Armstrong R-PA voted no
Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted no
Calvin Willard Gilfillan R-PA voted no
John Covode R-PA voted no
James Scott Negley R-PA voted no
Darwin Phelps R-PA voted no
Joseph Benton Donley R-PA voted no
Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC voted no
Alexander Stuart Wallace R-SC voted no
Roderick Randum Butler R-TN voted no
Horace Maynard R-TN voted no
William Brickly Stokes R-TN voted no
Lewis Tillman R-TN voted no
William Farrand Prosser R-TN voted no
Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN voted no
James Henry Platt Jr. R-VA voted no
Charles Wesley Willard R-VT voted no
Amasa Cobb R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
Isaac Harding Duval R-WV voted no
James Clark Mcgrew R-WV voted no
John Seashoal Witcher R-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To order the main question on a house…: House Vote, Jun 6, 1870,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/41-H-335/to-order-the-main-question-on-a-house-resolution (accessed 2026-10-16).